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I had no idea that this structure ever existed. Now I need to see if I can pinpoint where it sat! This is a train order station, used by the railroad to pass on orders to the train crews at this location. The signal sticking out the front of the building has red and green targets (and a kerosene lamp with colored lenses) to let the train engineer know if he needs to stop and pick up orders, or not. The track in the foreground would be the “new” main line over the hill to Elbe (via New Reliance), while the track in the background would be the old mainline through Eatonville. These tracks formed two legs of a “wye” track (which has three tracks so trains can turn around) at the junction. The old main line through Eatonville (as far as La Grande) staid in place for some years after the Alder Dam was constructed in order to serve the Eatonville Lumber Co. mill.

With the old Christensen’s store, (which also became the Sears store) being currently remodeled into a thrift store, this seemed like a good time to post this shot taken in 1942.
Alice Wingrove writes, “My parents …

The Eatonville School District has come a long way in the last 100+ years. This was Eatonville’s first schoolhouse. You can find it today at Glacier View Park.
Here is some information about the little school house …

Joe Larin captured this group cleaning up at the Mashel Prairie Indian Cemetery Shaker Church. Anyone have any names?
The Indian Henry grave monument is there today in La Grande, Wash.
This isn’t something new to Eatonville. In …